Honolulu County, Hawaii tornado history

21 tornadoes recorded in or across Honolulu County from 1957 to 2015, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Honolulu County

The Storm Prediction Center records 21 tornadoes whose paths touched Honolulu County, Hawaii between 1957 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is February, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 18 March 1982. The most recent was on 23 April 2015.

  • 21tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 350per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Honolulu County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01257%
F1 / EF1629%
F2 / EF2314%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Honolulu County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 1980s.1950s11960s31970s31980s82000s42010s2

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s3
1970s3
1980s8
2000s4
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Feb.Jan3Feb5Mar5Apr1May1Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep3Oct0Nov1Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb5
Mar5
Apr1
May1
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep3
Oct0
Nov1
Dec1

Records for Honolulu County

  • Strongest: Hawaii tornado18 March 1982, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Hawaii tornado21 January 1957, F1, 2.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Hawaii tornado23 April 2015, EF0, 1 mile long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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